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Syria: Another Illegal War of Aggression based on Manipulation and Fake Intelligence

Sep 4, 2013, Global Research “Their [pro-Israel neocon] plan, which urged Israel to re-establish ‘the principle of preemption,’ has now been imposed by (Richard) Perle, (Douglas) Feith, (David) Wurmser & Co. on the United States.” Patrick J. Buchanan, American political commentator, The American Conservative, March 24, 2003 “I wasn’t afraid …

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Dozens of Syrian fighting groups break ties with main opposition, says rebel commander

Oct 16, 2013, Washington Post Several dozen rebel groups in southern Syria have broken with the main political opposition group in exile, a local commander said in a video posted Wednesday, dealing a potential new setback to Western efforts to unify moderates battling President Bashar Assad’s regime. The Turkey-based Syrian …

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Canadian UNDOF Employee Turned over to UN after being Kidnapped by Terrorist Gangs

  Oct 17, 2013 The Syrian government has turned over to the United Nations a Canadian staffer who went missing eight months ago. The Canadian lawyer Carl Campeau went missing in February in the Damascus area of Khan al-Shih on February 17, 2013. Campeau was able to escape after his …

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Syria sets date for Geneva talks to end conflict

A date has provisionally been set for long-delayed peace talks between the two sides in Syria in Geneva Photo: REUTERS

Oct 17, 2013, Telegraph A new attempt by the international community to forge a peace deal for Syria could begin late next month, according to the Syrian government. After a week of growing speculation that the long-sought “Geneva 2” peace conference had finally been agreed, Qadri Jamil, a Syrian deputy …

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1,500 evacuated from clashes near Damascus as major opposition group rejects Geneva-2

A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on October 12, 2013 shows Syrian women and children arriving to be evacuated by Syria's Red Crescent from a Damascus suburb (AFP Photo)

Oct13, 2013, RT.com Some 1,500 civilians were evacuated from a hotspot suburb of Damascus on Sunday, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent said. It comes as the Syrian National Council declared they wouldn’t attend peace talks in Geneva threatening to quit the National Coalition. The Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) said …

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Syria militants get chemical weapons training in Afghanistan: Russia

Oct 12, 2013, Press TV Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has cited reports saying that a number of countries are training Syrian militants in Afghanistan to use chemical weapons. “Some reports indicate that [al-Qaeda-linked ] al-Nusra Front is planning to smuggle toxic compounds and relevant specialists into Iraqi territory to …

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Syria extremists financed by private Gulf donors carried out mass killings – HRW

Free Syrian Army fighters dig trenches at the Jabal al-Akrad area in Syria's northwestern Latakia province, September 4, 2013 (Reuters / Khattab Abdulaa)

Oct 11, RT.com At least 190 people were killed and more than 200 taken hostage by Syrian rebels financed by private Gulf donors in an August 4 military offensive in the Latakia governorate, according to a Human Rights Watch report. At least 67 of the victims executed had lived in government-aligned …

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